Fishing-float.



W. VON ROSENBERG, JR. FISHING PLOALL'. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2, 1908.

Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

- W/TNESSES amniotic/A J44 7 WILLIAM VON ROSENBERG, JR, OF AUSTIN,TEXAS.

FlSHING-FLOAT.

Specification of Letters Pa: ant.

Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

Application filedJune 2, 1908. Serial No. (36,260.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM von RosEN- BERG, Jr., a citizenof theUnited States, and

a resident of Austin, in the county of Travis and Stateof Texas, haveinvented a new and Improved FishingFloat, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates more particularly to that form of floats which isadapted to be at tached to the-fishing line and detached therefrom asdesired, without the necessity ofcutting the line or removing the hookor sinker.

My invention has for its object the'construct-ion of a float, theattachment and detachment of which may be effected with great facility;and furthermore, the invention has for its object, to improve the float,or rather its attaching means, to the end that when the line issubjected toundue strain, as for instance when the hook or 'sinker issnagged, that the line will not be subjected to'a breaking strain at thefloat, in response to its tendency to assume a straight direction underthe tension exerted on the line.

indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents in elevation a fishing float, the body of which isof conventional type, the float embodying my invention in I itsattaching means, showing the float aplied to a fishing line, the fulllines in said gure indicating the normal condition of the line passingalong the float, and the dotted lines in said figure indicating thefloat and the form the'line and the end guides or at taching devices ofthe float tend to assume under tension due to the strain resulting fromthe snagging of the hook or sinker. or from the resistance offered by alarge fish; Fig. 2 is an elevation taken at right angles to Fig. 1; andFig. 3 shows an elevation, the view corresponding to thc full lines inFig. 1, but showing another well known form of float body.

Attempts have-been made to construct floats with attaching means thatwill permit tachcd and V 3 ihc llHi. thesaine to be attached to the lineand dctached therefrom without cutting the line or removing the hook orsinker; and attaching means have also been attempted with a view' topermit the attaching means to flex, tores lieve the lineof strain in itseffort to assume a straight direction. By employing attaching devices asimproved by my invention,

the float can be attached and detached with great facility, and theattaching means at the ends of the float offer a minimum of resistanceto the line in the tendency of the latter to assume astraight directionalong the floatand avoid angles in the line that might result in abreaking strain on the line at the float. Thus my improved floatprovides the main desiderata in a practical manner.

' The buoyant body A of the float shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is ofconventional type, and the line B with its sinker i) and hook I) may bcof 1' any of the convolutions of the clamp C. and

will be snugly and yieldingly grasped between two convolutions. At eachend of the body A a rigid, elongated projection (1 is produced inanysuitable manner, and to said rigid end projections a, I secure myimproved devices I), constituting an attaching and guiding means for theline at the ends of the float. These end guides are preferably of wire,and each, for its major portion, consists of a flexible member extendingfrom the rigid end projection of the float approximately in line withthe longitudinal axis of the float, in the form of a straight, elongatedstrand or shank, and on the outer end of said straight strand or shankforming the major portion of the said attachment, I form a plurality ofspiral coils J, the axis of the coils being approximately coincident toor parallel with the longitudinal axis the float. and the coils being ofa suflicient number to form substantial guides to the line in the(lli(('iin1i of its length. With this construction, the line may beconveniently entered at the 0nd coil (7 of cach guide D, and by anobvious manipulation. the float may be quickly atalso very readilydetached from M'Icr ihiline. is engaged with the end line of any sharpangles and breaking strains at the float, and eflect this. result by aconstruction permitting the ready attachment d detachment'of the floatwithout cutting 15f t e line. a

The form ofthe end guides with the elongated straight shank, andterminal coils, moreover is advantageous in the event the that strikes abranch or the like, in which event the fisherman can usually manipulatethe tackle in a way to release the float from the snagging branch, bytaking a positionthat will double the line back on itself and exert apull on the end guide at the end of the float opposite to him, and causea releasing movement of the float without undue strain on the line.

' Having thus described invention, 1 claim-as new and desire to secureby Letters Pa n A fishing float, comprising a buoyant body havingelongated rigid projections at each end'and having its greatest diameterat a two subscribing witnesses.-

point intermediate said ends, and means for engaging the fish line inamanner to permit of the line responding to its tendency to assume anapproximately straight line when put under tension by resistance, and topermit of the ready attachment and detachment of the float withoutcutting the line or removing the hooks or sinker, said means com prisinga friction clamp on the float at about its point of greatest diameter,guides secured to the rigid end projections of the float, each of thesaid end guides consisting for its major portion of an elongated,flexible member projecting from the float in the form of a straightshank approximately coincident with the longitudinal axis of the float,and a plurality of spiral coils formed on the outer end of the straightshank, the coils having an axis extendinglin the direction of thestraight flexible shank, and said shank being of a length to permit thecoilsto move under the strain exerted by a. tension on the line to aplane about parallel with the longitudinal axis of the float'and aproximately inline with the friction clamp ocated at about the point ofgreatest diameter of the float.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name'to this specification in'thepresence of WILLIAM YON ROSENBERG, JR. Witnesses: w R. M. ARMSTRONG,

L. CaooKER.

